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Definition of Virtual Private Servers


Up until a few years ago, the only way to obtain a powerful website hosting plan was to purchase a dedicated server. As a result of recent software improvements, virtual web servers have been introduced and they've quickly come to be one of the most widely used web hosting solutions as they offer fabulous performance at a very affordable rate. Also known as a VPS hosting or a virtual dedicated server, this hosting server is a perfect solution for high resource-swallowing online portals.

VPS Hosting - Is It Better Than Shared Server Hosting?

A few virtual machines are created on a physical server, using its resources. Each virtual private server works exactly like a dedicated web hosting server and its system resources are ensured, incl. the central processing unit usage, RAM memory and disk storage space quotas. These system resources are much higher than those supplied by any shared hosting plan, so a Virtual Server is the most perfect choice for high resource-demanding script-based portals with numerous visitors, or if you wish to host a substantial amount of domains in the same user account.

The Virtualization Panel of a VPS Web Hosting Server

Each virtual private server is managed through a Control Panel tool, regularly referred to as a virtualization interface. This dashboard permits you to reboot the entire private virtual web server or different services such as HTTP, MySQL, and so on, to keep an eye on and administer all active tasks and to inspect the used up and the remaining resources. As you will obtain full root access, you can also activate server-side software applications that may be needed for given script-driven platforms to perform, review elaborate traffic stats and history of all the tasks running on the VPS hosting. One of the best features of the virtualization tool is that you can utilize it to easily activate a hosting Control Panel on the virtual private hosting server.

The CP of a VPS Hosting

There are plenty of different CPs, but a couple of them are more famous than the others - Hepsia, cPanel, Plesk and DirectAdmin. If you order a VPS hosting, you can use the hosting Control Panel that the provider is providing, or you can install your own. This GUI will permit you to handle domain names, files, databases, File Transfer Protocol accounts, e-mail aliases and everything that has to do with your web hosting account. Managing a Virtual Server account is not different from managing a shared web hosting account, so if you have any experience with the latter, there won't be anything unfamiliar to you if you purchase a VPS hosting. More skilled customers can access the virtual hosting server through an SSH terminal as well.

Earn Revenue With Your Virtual Private Hosting Server

One of the positive sides of maintaining a Virtual Private Hosting Server is that specific hosting Control Panel interfaces offer a reseller admin level, so you can set up and sell hosting plans. You can even create reseller accounts and have other persons carry out the entire job for you, so while you have a VPS web hosting server for your web sites, you can also generate decent profit by selling the system resources that you do not use. The reseller and hosting Control Panel GUIs can be integrated with invoicing and support tools such as WHMCS, AWBS or ClientExec, which permits you to create separate packages, to bill your customers directly and to provide a 24-7-365 support service. As you have complete server root access to the server, you will be able to activate any server-side software or libraries that your customers may require for their web sites, so you will have supremacy over web hosting firms that provide shared hosting services and cannot install such software apps.

VPS Hosting Solutions by

A virtual private server provides a great balance between performance and cost and is the most suitable option for mid-size resource-consuming websites such as web stores, community portals or corporate web sites. With us you can take a glance at a bunch of different VPS plans that offer invoicing and support software, a domain reseller account, and a web hosting CP tool of your choosing. This gives you the independence to utilize the virtual private web server in any way you see fit - for private web hosting purposes or to launch a reseller hosting business.